Witiges

Witiges, Vitiges (d. 540) was the King of the Ostrogoths from 536 to 540. He was the husband of Amalasuntha's only surviving child, Mathesuntha. Witiges had Theodahad murdered after the imprisonment and death of his Mother-in-Law, Amalasuntha. General Belisarius took both Witiges and Mathesuntha to Constantinople, and Witiges died there, without any children. After his death Mathesuntha married Germanus the patrician, a cousin of the Emperor Justinian.

Preceded by: Theodahad 534-536

Witiges 536-540

Succeeded by: Ildibad 540-541